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KATIHAR

Assembly seat no. 63 in Bihar · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 16 times since 1962.

Bihar also has a Lok Sabha constituency called KATIHAR. It is a different territory with a different electorate — see its 16 results.

Winner, 2010
TAR KISHORE PRASAD
BJP
Elections held
16
1962–2025
Most successful party
BJP
won 6 of 16
Margin, 2010
20,607
16.45% of valid votes

Result, 2010

Winner
Votes
58,718
Vote share
46.87%
Margin
20,607
Runner-up
RJDDR. RAM PRAKASH MAHTO
Votes
38,111
Vote share
30.42%
Behind by
20,607
Electors
2,08,316
Total votes polled
1,25,284
Valid votes
1,25,284
NOTA votes
Turnout
60.1%

Full result, 2010

10 candidates · 1,25,284 valid votes

2010 election →
TAR KISHORE PRASADBJPwon
58,718
46.9%
DR. RAM PRAKASH MAHTORJD
38,111
30.4%
BHAI SHAMSUDDINNCP
17,015
13.6%
RAJESH GURNANIIND
2,647
2.1%
PROF. BINOD KUMAR YADAVINC
2,570
2.0%
MD. SHAHID AKHTARIND
1,965
1.6%
SANJAY SINGHIND
1,954
1.6%
VIJAY KR. SAHBSP
1,051
0.8%
PRAMOD KUMAR THAKURABJS
654
0.5%
KISHAN LAL AGARWALBSA
599
0.5%

Past results

Most recent 5 of 16 elections

View all 16
YearWinnerPartyVotesVote shareRunner-upMargin
2025Tarkishore PrasadBJP1,00,25550.52%Saurav Kumar Agarwal22,154
2020Tarkishore PrasadBJP82,66948.47%Dr. Ram Prakash Mahto10,519
2015TARKISHORE PRASADBJP66,04842.98%BIJAY SINGH14,894
2010TAR KISHORE PRASADBJP58,71846.87%DR. RAM PRAKASH MAHTO20,607
Nov 2005TAR KISHOR PRASADBJP47,77740.28%DR. RAM PRAKASH MAHTO116

Who has held it

Wins by party across every election above

Turnout and closeness over time

Turnout

0%21%42%64%85%196219671969197219771980198519901995200020052010201520202025Turnout

Winning margin

0%16%31%47%63%196219671969197219771980198519901995200020052010201520202025Margin

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